Beschreibung:
In this groundbreaking new book, Keller divides the nations history into three regimes, allowing readers to appreciate the slow, steady evolution of American public life. This approach presents an entirely new way to look at Americas past, present, and future.
Introduction: The American Polity and Its Regimes; PART ONE: THE DEFERENTIAL-REPUBLICAN REGIME; Ch. 1 Old Ways and News; Ch. 2 The Republican Revolution; Ch. 3 From Factions to Parties; PART TWO: THE PARTY-DEMOCRATIC REGIME: THE DEMOCRATIC POLITY; Ch. 4 The Culture of Party Politics; Ch. 5 Governing a Democratic Polity; Ch. 6 Crisis; PART THREE: THE PARTY-DEMOCRATIC REGIME: THE INDUSTRIAL POLITY; Ch. 7 The Age of the Polticos; Ch. 8 A State of Parties and Courts; Ch. 9 The Progressive Challenge; PART FOUR: THE BUREAUCRATIC-POPULIST REGIME; Ch. 10 The Rise of the Bureaucratic-Populist Regime; Ch. 11 Bureaucracy and Democracy; Ch. 12 Populism and Party; Conclusion: Today and Tomorrow